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Is the US Military a Socialist Institution?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Fire Department, United States Military, Socialism, United States Armed Forces, Politics News

Does anyone disagree that the military is almost entirely government run? If you agree to that obvious fact, when you attack all government run programs, aren't you by definition attacking the US military?

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How To Live on $0 A Day: The 14 Stages Of Financial Meltdown

Lesley Stern | Posted 08.30.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Financial Crisis, Wall Street, Financial Meltdown, Government, Financial Advice, Economy, Economic Crisis, Comedy News

Based on my personal experience and intensive study, I've outlined the stages and given examples of common corresponding emotions and reactions.

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Information Asymmetries Part II

Leslie Pratch, Ph.D. | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Government, Paul Krugman, Economic Stimulus, Poverty, Joseph Stiglitz, Stock Market, Sam Pelzman, Payroll Taxes, Milton Friedman, Global Financial Crisis, Financial Advice, Business News

It takes time for labor unemployment to go down, but there is now a lot of slack capacity and eventually that slack capacity will be priced appropriately and then, finally, consumers will spend.

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Federal Stimulus: Are Construction Projects Stimulating You?

Jerry Chautin | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Government, Federal Bailouts, Small Business, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Sba, Procurement, Contracting, Stimulus, Karen Mills, Business News

There can be a symbiotic relationship between small-business construction contractors, SBA and federal procurement officers.

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When They Say Government They Mean You

Dave Johnson | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Government Bureaucracy, Politics News

Try substituting some variation of the words, "We, the People," "us" or "the people making decisions for ourselves" every time you read or use the word "government."

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What Family Values? The Real Reason America Is Falling Behind the Rest of the World

Maria Rodale | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Government, Health Care Reform, American Culture, Health Care, Living News

I stumbled across a list of the only countries in the world that don't offer guaranteed paid maternity leave. You might expect to see Liberia, Papua New Guinea, and Swaziland on the list. But the United States?

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The New Axis in Politics, or, What Obama Meant When He Said 'Change')

John Geraci | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Open Government, Government, Obama Administration, Change Obama, President Obama, Politics News

Open government creates transparency in government, throws out information asymmetries and levels playing fields between ordinary citizens, government agencies and wealthy interest groups.

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Healthcare and Government's Role in the Economy

Stephen Herrington | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Adam Smith, Government, Minimum Wage, Economy, Wages, Health, Economic Crisis, Capitalism, Healthcare, Republicans, Politics News

The unsung dirge of this health care nightmare is that health care increased in pricing even while their customers paychecks did not increase. And that is the real issue.

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President Obama, my Response to Your Fourth of July Letter

Linda Milazzo | Posted 08.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Challenge, Thomas Jefferson, Single Payer Healthcare, Fourth of July, Government, Participatory Democracy, Military, President Barack Obama, Corporate Greed, Democracy, Healthcare, Citizens, Politics News

I request that the President provide those who participate in our democracy every protection granted by our Constitution to challenge those policies with which we disagree.

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Freud, the Consumer Finance Protection Agency and Madoff

Jim Randel | Posted 08.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Government, Pyschology, Freud, Regulation, Financial Crisis, Consumers, Bernard Madoff, Barack Obama, Business News

As Freud said, "the mind is an arena for the struggle of antagonistic impulses." And so a la Freud, here are my competing thoughts on the necessity of increased government regulation.

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The Government Hates Small Business

Nelson Davis | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Business Owners, Government, Small Business Administration, Small Business, Entrepreneur, Business News

Despite the nice words and flowery press releases extolling the virtues and value of small business owners, I don't see the true love and understanding that the small business community deserves.

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Mark Green

Mark Green | Posted 07.30.2009 | Home

Read More: Government, Quin, Mark Green Public Advocate, Mayor Bloomberg, Mark Green, Home News

Unlike the stalemate in Albany which requires concurrence of two equal warring sides, this resolution is entirely in the Mayor's hands.

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Lazarus and the Iranians

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Global, Wealthy, President Obama, Lazarus and the Rich Man, Jesus, Grassroots, Justice of God, Poor, Injustice, Luke, Government, Streets, Image of God, Iran, Muslim, Wealth, Muslim World, Protest, Muslims, Story of Lazarus, Justice, Poverty, Iranians, Lazarus, Politics News

A connection has been made. A connection clearly seen between a young generation here in the United States and a young generation of Iranians who have taken to the streets.

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Freed Empire

John O'Kane | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Iran, Barack Obama, Politics News

Will Mr. Obama's very inspirational messages of unity and striving merely cut and paste the backstories we need to make sense of actual events in the absence of good action?

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George Will Gets It Right About Government

Dave Johnson | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Democracy, Healthcare, Politics News

The point of health care reform is to take better care of each other while lowering the costs. This is why the "public option" is necessary -- private, profit-driven companies are not designed to accomplish delivery of essential services to everyone.

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Starbucks Offers Better Same-Sex Medical Benefits Than Obama

Kase Wickman | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

A gay Starbucks barista's wife gets better medical benefits than if she was married to a female senator.

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Obama's Economic Misfits Finally Get It

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business

Read More: House, Government, Politics, Law, Greed, Geithner, Congress, White House, Money, Clinton, Economy, Scheer, Regulation, Banks, Obama, Campaign, Summers, Wall Street, Business News

According to Summers and Geithner, the Obama plan to be revealed today promises that all derivatives dealers will be "subject to supervision, and regulators will be empowered to enforce rules against manipulation and abuse."

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Should President Obama's First Prime Time TV Discussion About his Health Care Plan Belong Solely to ABC News?

Eric Deggans | Posted 07.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Government, Politics, Nightline, Good Morning America, Charlie Gibson, Media, Abc, ABC News, Barack Obama Good Morning America, Tv, Health Care, Diane Sawyer, Barack Obama, World News, Media News

I find it disturbing to see that the nation's first stab at real health care reform in more than a dozen years may start off with a cynical partnership between a politician and a network news division.

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What Does an Extremist Look Like?

Geri Spieler | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Is an extremist tall, short, young, old, thin, fat? Would you know if the person standing next to you was about to pull out a gun and shoot? Scary ...

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Small Government? You Mean Big Business.

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 07.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Government, Taxes, Financial Crisis, Conservatives, Finance, Politics, Home News

Government has to be strong enough to handle any power or alliance of powers. It doesn't matter what those powers are: If a government can't stand up to them, it can't do its job.

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A Republican to Save Us

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Corruption, Law, Geithner, Fdic, Bush, Money, Clinton, Economy, Scheer, Obama, Government, Politics, Bailout, Citibank, Rubin, Sheila Bair, Business News

You probably don't know much about Sheila Bair, but she is looking out for you, and that is why the big guys on Wall Street and their allies in the Obama administration are out to get her.

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Health Care Is a Right, Not a Privilege

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care, Bernie Sanders, Government, Health Insurance, Health, Politics News

At $2.4 trillion dollars, and 18 percent of our GDP, the skyrocketing cost of health care in this country is unsustainable both from a personal and macro-economic perspective.

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Friday Talking Points [79] -- Judicial Activism And Bias

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Nickolas, Supreme Court, White House, Autoworkers, Burris, Constitutional Crisis, Power Struggle, Founding Fathers, Detainee Deaths, Gingrich, President, War Crimes, Rnc, Courts, Princeton, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Sotomayor, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Pussy Galore, Un, Ralph Nader, Judicial Activism, Republican National Committee, Court, Twitter, Terry McAuliffe, Congress, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Constitution, Mddotw, Rod Blagojevich, Sonia Sotomayor, Truth Commission, Youtube, Banks, Hillary Clinton, Uaw, Bonuses, Up or Down Vote, Michael Guest, Same Sex, Nader, President Obama, Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, United Nations, Blaggy, Filibuster, Bankers, Obama, Scotus, Prejudice, Auschwitz, Blago, Republican, Government, Blagojevich, Lionel Sosa, Pelosi, Clinton, Activism, Federal Government, Bias, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Defense of Marriage Act, Legislating From the Bench, Benefits, Gm, Pyne Prize, Roland Burris, Philip Alston, Gay, State Department, Checks and Balances, Mcauliffe, Chris Kelly, Secretary of State, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Spousal Benefits, Nominee, Doma, Torture, Alston, Politics News

"Judicial activism" (or, alternatively, "legislating from the bench") is defined -- no matter what your political beliefs -- as "judges not ruling the...

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California Election Results -- What The Public Wants

Dave Johnson | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Taxes, Budget, California, Politics News

Did the results of the special election on the budget propositions really show that the public is against taxes and government, as the Republicans cla...

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